Decentralization of HIV care and treatment services in central Province, Kenya

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Reidy, William J ^a   Sheriff, Muhsin ^a,b   Wang, Chunhui ^a   Hawken, Mark ^a   Koech, Emily ^a   Elul, Batya ^a   Kimanga, Davies ^c   Abrams, Elaine J ^a  

^a ICAP Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Centres for Health and Education Programmes   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DECENTRALIZATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KENYA; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906096218     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000264     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. National AIDS and STI Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Kenya. Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2012: Preliminary Report. Nairobi, Kenya, 2013. Available at: http://www.nacc.or.ke/attachments/article/366/KAIS- Preliminary-Report- 2012.pdf. Accessed July 9, 2014.
2. National AIDS Control Commission and National AIDS and STI Control Programme. Kenya AIDS Epidemic Update 2011. Nairobi, Kenya, 2012. Available at: http://www.unaids.org/en/dataanalysis/knowyourresponse/countryprogressreports/ 2012countries/ce-KE-Narrative-Report.pdf. Accessed July 9, 2014.
3. National AIDS and STI control Programme, Ministry of Health. HIV/AIDS Decentralization Guidelines. Nairobi, Kenya, 2009. http://nascop.or.ke/library/ ART%20guidelines/Decentralization%20Guidelines%20for%20HIV %20Care%20and%20Treatment.pdf. Accessed July 9, 2014.
4. Massaquoi M, Zachariah R, Manzi M, et al. Patient retention and attrition on antiretroviral treatment at district level in rural Malawi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009;103:594-600.
5. Chan AK, Mateyu G, Jahn A, et al. Outcome assessment of decentralization of antiretroviral therapy provision in a rural district of Malawi using an integrated primary care model. Trop Med Int Health. 2010;15 (suppl 1):90-97.
6. Bedelu M, Ford N, Hilderbrand K, et al. Implementing antiretroviral therapy in rural communities: the Lusikisiki model of decentralized HIV/AIDS care. J Infect Dis. 2007;196(suppl 3):S464-S468.
7. Fatti G, Grimwood A, Bock P. Better antiretroviral therapy outcomes at primary healthcare facilities: an evaluation of three tiers of ART services in four South African provinces. PLoS One. 2010;5:e12888.
8. Bemelmans M, van den Akker T, Ford N, et al. Providing universal access to antiretroviral therapy in Thyolo, Malawi through task shifting and decentralization of HIV/AIDS care. Trop Med Int Health. 2010;15: 1413-1420.
9. McNairy ML, Lamb MR, Carter RJ, et al; Identifying Optimal Models of HIV Care and Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa Consortium. Retention of HIV-infected children on antiretroviral treatment in HIV care and treatment programs in Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Tanzania. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013;62:e70-e81
10. ICAP Unified reporting system website. Available at: https://urs2.icap. columbia.edu/. Accessed October 1, 2013.
11. Kenya Ministry of Health. Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy in Kenya. 3rd ed. Nairobi, Kenya, 2005:2005. Available at: http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/ guidelines/kenya-Art.pdf. Accessed July 9, 2014.
12. Kenya Ministry of Medical Services. Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy in Kenya. 4rd ed. Nairobi, Kenya, 2011:2011. Available at: http://www.faces- kenya.org/files/Kenya%20Treatment%20Guidelines% 202011.pdf. Accessed July 9, 2014.
13. Fine JP, Gray RJ. A proportional hazards model for the subdistribution of a competing risk. J Am Stat Assoc. 1999;94:496-509.
14. Rogers WH. Regression standard errors in clustered samples. Stata Tech Bull. 1993;13:19-23.
15. Williams RL. A note on robust variance estimation for cluster-correlated data. Biometrics. 2000;56:645-646.
16. Boyer S, Protopopescu C, Marcellin F, et al; EVAL Study Group. Performance of HIV care decentralization from the patient's perspective: health-related quality of life and perceived quality of services in Cameroon. Health Policy Plan. 2012;27:301-315.
17. Govindasamy D, Ford N, Kranzer K. Risk factors, barriers and facilitators for linkage to antiretroviral therapy care: a systematic review. AIDS. 2012;26:2059-2067.
18. Geng EH, Nash D, Kambugu A, et al. Retention in care among HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings: emerging insights and new directions. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2010;7:234-244.
19. Geng EH, Glidden DV, Bwana MB, et al. Retention in care and connection to care among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in africa: estimation via a sampling-based approach. PLoS One. 2011;6:e21797.